264 SENSES OI INSECTS. 
and even those in the hard rhinarium of an Anoplogna- 
tlius may receive and transmit them ; and besides the 
upper-lip and nose are often united by membrane, perhaps 
representing the rhinarium, as in Goerius, &c. a which 
may facilitate such transmission. 
That insects taste, no one hesitates to believe, though 
some have supposed the palpi to be the organ of that 
sense ; but as they have a tongue, as we have shown, we 
may with Cuvier conclude, that one of its primary func- 
tions is to taste their food 5 . 1 shall not therefore launch 
out further upon this head. 
I have now placed before you a picture, or rather 
sketch, of the insect world. And whether we regard their 
general history and economy, their singular metamor- 
phoses, the infinite varieties and multiplicity of their 
structure both external and internal, and their diversi- 
fied organs both of sense and motion — I think you will 
be disposed to own, that in no part of his works is the 
hand of an Almighty and All- wise Creator more vi- 
sibly displayed, than in these minutiae of creation ; that 
they are equally worthy of the attention and study of the 
Christian Philosopher with any of the higher depart- 
ments of the animal kingdom ; and that all praise is due 
to Him, for placing before our eyes, for our entertain- 
ment and instruction, such a beautiful moving picture of 
little symbols and agents, perpetually reflecting his glory 
and working his will. 
I am, &c. 
1 Vol. III. p. 481. h Cuv. Anat.Comp. ii. 682— 
